Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction, Denise Juneau (D) is challenging Rep. Ryan Zinke for his congressional seat. Juneau’s main platform is of course education. If elected she would be the first openly gay and native American women ever elected into Congress.

In her latest attempt to discredit his ability to represent the state of Montana, she attacked his disabled veteran status, basically stating that Rep. Zinke is hypocritical for telling people to stop relying on the government when he himself collects a disability check each month. She is equating his disability check to that of a welfare handout.

I have visited with vets across this state who thought Congressman Zinke would do a better job and he hasn’t. He said they shouldn’t become dependent on government when he accepts disability payments every month. Those are the type of hypocritical actions we need to get over.- Fox News

Not only is Rep. Ryan Zinke one of the few veterans who has a voice in Congress, he is also a former Navy SEAL which is important because our nation is relying heavily on a SOF presence in many countries throughout the world. It is clear with Juneau’s statements about Rep. Zinke that she is out of touch with the veteran community.

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Desiree Huitt
Desiree Huitt is an Army Veteran serving 11 years as a Military Intelligence officer and prior to OCS as a combat medic. She is a graduate from the University of Texas in Austin with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Middle Eastern Studies.

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Daniel A

How retarded, lol. Identity politics at its best. Considering she totally sucks at her job, and her statement is complete nonsense, she must be relying on her identity as a lesbian Native American to appeal to voters. No doubt she wants him to check his privilege as a combat veteran Navy SEAL, and stop being entitled to his disability payments. Like there is any comparison between some guy who accomplished what he did as a warrior, and leader, and some careerist bureaucrat who can't get anything done, and filters all of life through the prism of her sexual orientation, and ethnicity. The scary thing is some people are going to vote for her on the basis of their identification with her mediocrity versus some guy that lives in a totally seperate universe of hard work, merit, and achievement.

Reason why she is doing this is current Montana Senator Jon Tester is up for re-election in 2018. She is a surrogate for Senator Tester, her knocking trying to knock Rep Zinke down a notch or two is an effort to help Tester in case Rep Zinke wants to run against him 2018 for the Senate seat in Montana.

Jerry Sullivan

If she was not, it was not due to any lack of ENTITLEMENT to extensive benefits. Her arrogance and aloofness are palpable!!

JESullivan

FIRE MISSION..FIRE MISSION..Another airheaded, leftist weenie approaching the wire... drop 200 and fire for effect! Seriously, where do they find such idiots who wish to further degrade the nation!?!?